{"id":1729532,"date":"2025-01-17T21:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1729532\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:33:46","slug":"nyc-fare-evader-jumps-mta-turnstile-spikes-just-36-hours-after-install-dont-give-a-f-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1729532\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC fare evader jumps MTA turnstile spikes just 36 hours after install: &#8216;Don\u2019t give a f\u2013k.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gqe7-QIIVu4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNYC fare evader jumps MTA turnstile spikes just 36 hours after install: &#8216;Don\u2019t give a f\u2013k.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>NYC fare evader vaults over MTA\u2019s new turnstile spikes at subway station less than 36 hours after installation: \u2018Don\u2019t give a f\u2013k\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t take long.<br \/>\nAn outraged NYC stranger wasted no time outsmarting the MTA as he hopped over a subway turnstile while showing little regard for the\u00a0newly installed spikes\u00a0designed to deter fare evaders on Thursday night.<br \/>\nThe unidentified subway rider easily vaulted over the metal gate less than 36 hours after they were placed at the\u00a059th Street\/Lexington Avenue station, a Post photographer captured.<br \/>\nA metal sheet with sharp edges along the top and side was installed between each gate entrance at the station.<br \/>\nThe man was caught off guard by the Metropolitan Transit Authority\u2019s latest crackdown attempt, but it didn\u2019t stop him from exploiting the flaws in the transit authority\u2019s design.<br \/>\n\u201cOh, so now I gotta jump over it? Okay, I don\u2019t give a f\u2013k, I\u2019ll jump over it,\u201d a Post photographer overheard the man say.<br \/>\nThe careless commuter \u2014 wearing a sweatshirt highlighting the animated show \u201cRick and Morty\u201d \u2014 placed his left foot on the bottom ridge of the gate and propelled himself up with his right hand.<br \/>\nPlacing his left hand on the metal spikes, the man jumped over the pole of the turnstile, clearing the gate and walking free to a train with no one stopping him.<br \/>\nThe MTA \u2014 which installed the new apparatuses at the station that borders the Midtown and the Upper East Side Wednesday \u2014 did not reveal the cost for the spiky metal sheets.<br \/>\nIt was unknown if other subway stops would be getting similar devices.<br \/>\nSeveral commuters who frequent the station \u2014 which services the N, R, W, 4, 5 and 6 lines \u2014 were not thrilled with the new gate feature.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to prevent anyone from jumping the turnstiles,\u201d Veronica Pisani, 40, told The Post Wednesday.<br \/>\nPisani, a building manager who lives in the Fordham area of the Bronx, called the hardware \u201csilly and foolish\u201d and a waste of money.<br \/>\n\u201cI see fare evasion all the time. People will find a way. I just don\u2019t really think this is [an effective] preventative measure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Fare evasion costs the MTA\u00a0roughly $500 million annually. The transit giant has been trying for years to recover the lost revenue.<br \/>\nIt isn\u2019t the first time an anti-fare evasion strategy was beaten.<br \/>\nIn 2023,\u00a0the MTA installed pricey new gates\u00a0designed to block fare evaders, but the $700,000 electronic panel doors\u00a0were shown on TikTok being defeated with a simple hack.<br \/>\nLast December the MTA OK\u2019d\u00a0a fare hike to $3 per swipe,\u00a010 cents above the current $2.90 per swipe, as it spent nearly $1.3 billion on 435 new subway cars.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a good deal,\u201d MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said of the price hike, after approving a budget plan that anticipates the 4% hike in fares from the current by the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\n***<br \/>\nFair Use Disclaimer:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; This video is transformative and does not harm or compete with the original works.<br \/>\n&#8211; All content is created for educational or informational purposes.<br \/>\n&#8211; Only limited visual and audio materials are used, strictly when necessary.<br \/>\n&#8211; The purpose of this content is to spread knowledge and raise awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This disclaimer is intended to support compliance with content policies and provide context for the material shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC fare evader jumps MTA turnstile spikes just 36 hours after install: &#8216;Don\u2019t give a f\u2013k.&#8217; NYC fa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1729533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593410],"tags":[876895,911115,911116,594976,911117,911118,911119,863662],"class_list":{"0":"post-1729532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2024-spring","8":"tag-2024-spring","9":"tag-fame-news","10":"tag-lexington-avenue","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-mta","13":"tag-subway-fare","14":"tag-subways","15":"tag-the-new-gate"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1729533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}